but until indexing becomes available, this is the easiest way to find someone in the 1940 census: Steve Morse's website -- one step; directly from E.D. to census image. Here are the pages most helpful.

Name of each individual and relation to head of household, as well as age, place of birth, gender, rac, marital status, education ( whether in school since March 1, 1940 and highest grade completed), place of birth, citizenship (if foreign born), residence as of April 1, 1935. Bonus: An X marks the name of the person giving the information.

Questions asked of everyone over 14:

several questions concerning employment status.

Additional questions asked of the sampling:

Place of birth of father and mother

Mother tonque (language spoken in childhood home)

Veteran stautus: women and children under 18 to answer according to status of husband/father. Children under 18 asked if the veteran father is dead. Living veterans to specify the war.

A few details...

If the highest grade completed is 11, the person may still be a high school graduate.

If the citizenship column says "AmCit" the person is an American citizen who was born abroad.

If a person worked 52 weeks but has was paid no wages, he worked for himself (and wasn't paid by anyone else)